EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
SECTION: PPP-69
SUBJECT: Volunteer Firefighter Service Leave

In accordance with TCA § 50-1-309, a regular university
employee who is an active volunteer firefighter may be permitted to
leave work in order to respond to fire calls during such
employee’s regular hours of employment without loss of pay,
vacation time, sick leave, or earned overtime accumulation. Such
employee may be permitted to take off the next scheduled work
period within twelve (12) hours following such response as an
annual leave or sick leave day without loss of pay if the employee
assisted in fighting such fire for more than four (4) hours. If the
employee is not entitled to an annual leave or sick leave day then
such employee may be permitted to take off such work period without
pay.

In addition, any employee who is an active volunteer firefighter
and who worked for more than four (4) hours the prior day or night
as a volunteer firefighter in an emergency may be permitted to take
off the next scheduled work period within twelve (12) hours
following such emergency as an annual leave or sick leave day
without the loss of pay. If the employee is not entitled to
an annual leave or sick leave day then such employee may be
permitted to take off such work period without pay.

The supervisor may require the employee to submit a written
statement from the chief of the volunteer fire department verifying
that such employee responded to a fire or was on-call and
specifying the date, time and duration or such response.